xearth

Haven't run it in years. Over 20 of them, maybe? Someone was discussing a script to show the time in various places (handy when dealing with international interactions), and while xearth does not show the time it does show where the yin and yang are, so one can see that it is around sunset in Madrid when these bytes were being pressed.

xearth.png

    #!/bin/sh
    # xearth - xearth wrapper
    pkill xearth
    exec solitary / /usr/local/bin/xearth -proj cyl -pos "fixed 0 -121"

In the olden days one would have an array of clocks on the wall with labels under each for Ulan Bator, Tahiti, etc. Speaking of which, all the kitchen clocks have probably drifted wrongly, again.

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